Mandy Meltdowns
My sweet miniature schnauzer Mandy died seven weeks ago yesterday, on December 27th, 2012. She was my sole companion for all of the years on disability, and absolute joy for the 11.75 years I had her...
View ArticleThe Night Before Christmas…
…my new puppy was born, though I didn’t know it until today. My dad was here, and I was going through online ads for miniature schnauzer puppies. Most were either too far away, had something funky...
View ArticleIntroducing Princess “Shelby” Noel Wigglebutt
I finally found a miniature schnauzer puppy ! After 2 months of looking online and in the local newspaper, I finally found a puppy that was exactly what I was looking for. I had to do a long day of...
View ArticleShelby the Hairy Tornado
Shelby is 10.5 weeks old now. She has energy that my ‘closing-in-on-50-years-old’ body isn’t used to (especially with the disabilities I’ve got). She IS a hairy tornado. She wakes me up in the...
View ArticleBeing a New Fur-Mom
Shelby has been home for a month now, and today was literally the first day she was willing to sleep on her chair, and not on me, or next to my feet. She’s growing like crazy, and is showing more and...
View ArticleJust One of Those Months
For the past week and a half, I’ve had some moderately severe jaw pain on the same side where I broke a tooth, and had said tooth repaired, requiring me to open my mouth wide enough to swallow the...
View ArticleNeed to Write More…Puppy-Motherhood is Tiring !
There’s something about just getting stuff out of my head, whether or not anybody reads it, but knowing that somebody somewhere is probably going to actually know what is going on in my little corner...
View ArticleShelby the Miniature Schnauzer Puppy
I’ve been sort of scarce on WordPress in the last several months because of a new furkid I got at the end of February. Shelby is a miniature schnauzer puppy, who is 6 1/2 months old now. She’s...
View ArticleThe Lull in Posts Over the Past Year
It’s certainly not for lack of material. Or being too busy (well, having a new puppy has been interesting over this last 11+ months). In many ways, it’s because I have too much rattling around in my...
View ArticleTo: Shiloh the Miniature Schnauzer
Oh, sweet girl… it’s been over 2 months since I said goodbye to you, and the pain of making that decision has been so hard. I know it was the best for you, me, and your ‘sister’ Shelby. But I do...
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